Full Description
First published in 1988, Ethnicity and Race in the U.S.A is a collection of studies, by leading scholars of ethnicity and race in the U.S.A. Including chapters on Blacks, American Indians, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and white ethnicities, it provides a data-based analysis. Drawing on the first published results from the 1980 census, it gives a unified and comprehensive picture of both the dynamic and the static elements in ethnic and race relations. It reveals the changing face of ethnicity and race in the U.S.A., and in particular outlines the tremendous changes taking places among the white ethnics. Based on a conference on 'Ethnicity and Race in the Last Quarter of the Twentieth Century' held at the State University of New York in Albany, the book will appeal to a wide range of scholars interested in American ethnic experience, including sociologists, historians, political scientists, social workers, and students in ethnic studies programmes.
Contents
Preface 1. Three steps forward and two back? Recent changes in the social and economic status of blacks 2. The political economy and political ethnicity of American Indian adaptations and identities 3. The structuring of Hispanic ethnicity: historical and contemporary perspectives 4. The road to parity: determinants of the socioeconomic achievements of Asian Americans 5. The structure of pluralism: 'We're all Italian around here, aren't we, Mrs. O'Brien?' 6. Jewishness in America: ascription and choice 7. The twilight of ethnicity among Americans of European ancestry: the case of Italians 8. Unhyphenated whites in the United States Name index Subject index
